Today's society puts a ridiculous amount of pressure on both males and females. To compound this problem the pressures come from everywhere and are so common that most people aren't even consciously aware of the pressure. The messages are sent through everything from toys, to magazines, to television, to the advertisements and marketing that constantly surround us.

Little girls grow up with dolls that come with increasingly provocative clothing and often enough a demeaning theme. When I was little I absolutely loved Barbie dolls and soon Diva Starz too. The Diva Starz dolls each had personalities, accessories, they even talked! Only in retrospect do I realize what an awful image those dolls conveyed to little girls. The different personalities of the dolls consisted of,"your personal expert on style, a hip cool chick and a techno whiz, a girl who loved the outdoors so much that she'd bring it inside, a model citizen, and a sporty girl." These dolls said stupid things, were barely dressed, and further more they seemed to convey the idea that girls are not multi-dimensional but rather are only capable of being about one thing like the dolls. Though the Diva Starz have been "phased out" they have just been replaced with Bratz and My Scene Dolls. Is there going to be a resolution to this cultural disaster? If this continues to go down hill, how will our youth grow up and how will that effect future generations?